Jack Flaherty's Uncertain Start Against Guardians Today
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00:00How about this for Jack Flaherty, gets the start today in the Motor City against the
00:07Guardians. It will be his fourth start in the month of July. Three of the four against
00:13the divisional foe, that is Cleveland. He and Detroit have won one of the previous two.
00:21They've split those two. So is this Flaherty's final start as a member of the Tigers? They
00:27are a slight home underdog in the Motor City against the Guardians, who have the best record
00:32in the American League. Central, the best record in the American League. Now, Flaherty is really
00:36on the Detroit deadline, Ben. He's not pitching tonight. Let's just be honest with ourselves.
00:40There's no team that's going to be like, hey, let's wait out an eight-inning, you know, 104
00:43pitch effort where he might get injured as I try to make a trade for him. So I doubt he actually
00:47starts if he is getting traded. But if you are looking at some of the numbers here, Bybee has
00:52a 78 x-fit minus. And then you take a look here on the opposite side, you know, you're still getting
00:56some pretty good efforts. You had a Flaherty who's got a 77 x-fit minus. So you have two good
01:00pitchers on the mound tonight against two teams that sort of struggling at the plate, if you will.
01:05I lean towards the under, but being honest, if you're trying to get ahead of the curve,
01:08and you see, what's the price point that you said was, what was the graphic that popped up?
01:13Minus 120. Cleveland's a favorite.
01:16So like Cleveland, if you want it to take a look tonight, if you like Cleveland,
01:20bet them right now, because you'll get that price point locked in. So even if there is a
01:24pitching change that goes to a spot reliever in a bullpen game, you have a major advantage at that
01:28point here. That's the way I would play it out. But once again, just a thought process on if
01:32somebody is going to trade for Flaherty, he's not starting tonight.